Best Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Balloons Introduced in the 1980s
Superman is a comic character. And probably the first powerful superhero in the fictional world. The character was created by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Joe Shuster, high school students living in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1933. It was published by DC comics. The first animated superhero movie was superman. The origin story of Superman relates that he was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton, before being rocketed to Earth as an infant by his scientist father Jor-El, moments before Krypton's destruction. Discovered and adopted by a Kansas farm couple, the child is raised as Clark Kent and imbued with a strong moral compass. Very early on he started to display various superhuman abilities, which, ...read more. Ah, so now Superman has a third version of his balloon introduced in the 1980's. And what a version it was! It's considered the largest balloon to have ever appeared at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade to date in history! That said, this balloon debuted in 1980.
Took them long enough to have Popeye's female companion Olive Oyl appear along side him! This balloon debuted in 1982.
Woody Woodpecker is an anthropomorphic animated woodpecker, inspired by the acorn woodpecker and also resembling the pileated woodpecker, who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio and distributed by Universal Pictures. Wow, the 1980's really must have been a booming time for new balloon introductions! And what better way than to have Woody Woodpecker be the first of the headliners for one of the most iconic cartoon characters being used for a new balloon in a long time since Mickey Mouse? This balloon made its debut in 1982.
Yogi Bear is a cartoon character who has appeared in numerous comic books, animated television shows and films. He made his debut in 1958 as a supporting character in The Huckleberry Hound Show. Yogi Bear was the first breakout character created by Hanna-Barbera and was eventually more popular than Huckleberry Hound. And now we have another iconic cartoon character making his way on the list. It's Yogi Bear! Smarter than the av-er-age bear! Making his debut as a balloon in 1983!
Garfield is a comic strip cat, created by Jim Davis in 1978. Garfield is well-known in many countries and has appeared in over 2.500 newspapers. He has also had 2 live-action movies, 3 CGI-movies and two animated TV shows, Garfield and Friends (1988-1994) and The Garfield Show (2008-2014).Garfield is a housecat, owned by the silly cartoonist Jon Arbuckle. Garfield is no ordinary housepet. He's lazy, egocentric and have an enormous appetite. And he does not want to chase or eat mice. He loves to pull pranks as well -and he absolutely loves to kick Jon's other pet Odie off the table. ...read more.
He may hate Mondays, but I'm sure we can all agree he might just love Thursdays. Fourth Thursdays of November, that is! Garfield would make his debut as a balloon in 1984.
Just a balloon based on the titular character Raggedy Ann from an American children's book series. Never heard of it prior to researching for this list, but might as well mention it. It made its debut as a balloon in 1984.
Betty Boop is an animated cartoon character created by Max Fleischer, with help from animators including Grim Natwick. Now introducing Betty Boop, the poster girl of Fleischer cartoons. And arguably the most iconic one of all of them. She got her own balloon debut in 1985.
Spider-Man is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics existing in its shared universe. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko, and first appeared in the anthology comic book Amazing Fantasy #15 (August 1962) in the Silver Age of Comic Books.
In films, Spider-Man has been portrayed by actors Tobey Maguire (2002–2007), Andrew Garfield (2012–2014) and Tom Holland (2016–present), who has portrayed the character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since 2016. It's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! He does whatever a spider can! So Spidey got his own balloon debut in 1987.
I'm lovin' it. And I'm lovin' that Ronald McDonald balloon as well. Got its debut in 1987.
Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created by the staff of Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros.) He is one of (if not) the most famous cartoon characters, and he is in the show Looney Tunes. His famous quote is "What's up doc?". He is a gray colored bunny with big teeth and big feet. His favorite food is carrots. Eh, what's up, doc? Well, this doc's got something to say you, Bugs. You got your own balloon debut in 1989.
Knight Rider is an American television series created and produced by Glen A. Larson. The series was originally broadcast on NBC from 1982 to 1986. The show stars David Hasselhoff as Michael Knight, a high-tech modern crime fighter assisted by KITT, an advanced artificially intelligent, self-aware and ...read more.
Jim Henson's Muppet Babies, commonly known by the shortened title Muppet Babies, is an American animated television series that aired from September 15, 1984 to November 2, 1991 on CBS.
Popeye the Sailor is a fictional American cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. The character first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929, and Popeye became the strip's title in later years.
They returned once again in 1987.
The Flintstones is the first animated prime-time American television series. It was broadcast from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966 on ABC.